Google expert Philipp Lenssen details how to manipulate Google Maps URLs to zoom in close enough to see an individual camel in the middle of Africa. The technique doesn't work in all locations, but ...

Clicking a short URL may use Google Maps to redirect you to a Russian scam website. Last month, Google announced that it would be shutting down the goo.gl URL shortening service and replacing it with ...

Google Maps Classic has been discontinued, and with it old URLs that pointed to Street View are no-longer working, including some in old posts on GEB. So we decided to write a bit of JavaScript to ...

Google Maps is a crucial tool for businesses and users alike, and recently the service has undergone a change. For the past several days, users have noticed that clicking URLs in Google Maps results ...

If you've ever tried to link someone to a Google Maps URL, you'll undoubtedly understand the benefit of URL shorteners. With them, we can take grossly long URLs and shorten them to a mere fraction of ...

For anyone with minimalist tastes or an inability to use copy-paste keyboard shortcuts, URL shorteners may seem like a perfectly helpful convenience. Unfortunately, the same tools that turn long web ...

You might think of Google Maps as, well, maps — a way to find business location and get directions. But that's really just the tip of the iceberg, Google's mapping interface supports all sorts of ...

Two security researchers have published research exposing the potential privacy problems connected to using Web address shortening services. When used to share data protected by credentials included ...

If URLs are too short, they're easily guessable using brute-force techniques, which can expose users' data and identities. Services that shorten URLs can be great. They help take a giant, messy, ...

Last month, Google announced that it would be shutting down the goo.gl URL shortening service and replacing it with Firebase Dynamic Links. But before those short links disappear, scammers continue to ...